14 articles in this issue
Marie Poggenpoel
AbstractNo abstract available.
Angelina M. Rampou,Yolanda Havenga
AbstractBackground: Intrapersonal, interpersonal, social and economic factors associated with chronic mental illness influence mothers' parenting abilities which in turn influence childhood mental health.Aim: The aim of the study was to explore and descri... see more
A. Towell,W. E. Nel,A. Muller
AbstractThis study was undertaken in order to develop a model of facilitation of emotional intelligence to promote wholeness in neophyte critical care nurses in South Africa. A theory generative, explorative, descriptive, contextual research design was us... see more
Judy Thompson,Yolanda Havenga,Susan Naude
AbstractWomen in Sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected by the virus and constitute 60% of the total HIV/AIDS infections in this region. Current recommendations endorse the involvement of people living with HIV in the development of programmes... see more
Hendrik J. Loubser,Daleen Casteleijn,Judith C. Bruce
AbstractBackground: The BETA nursing measure has been introduced as a tool to routinely measure and monitor the outcomes of patients' activities of daily living in a restorative nursing care context.Objectives: To investigate the BETA's construct validity... see more
Tinda Rabie,Hester C. Klopper
AbstractBackground: The number of older persons is growing at an alarming rate, yet the South African healthcare sector is not giving this issue the required attention. Moreover, the healthcare sector serves four-fifths of the country's population and pri... see more
Fazel E. Freeks,Corinne Strydom,Elretha Bartlett
AbstractDaar is bevind dat baie kinders in Suid-Afrika sonder die betrokkenheid van 'n biologiese vader, grootword. Die afwesigheid van 'n ouer binne die gesinsisteem bring 'n vakuum in die ouerskapsrol mee en oefen 'n negatiewe invloed uit op 'n gesin se... see more
Jean D. Iyamuremye,Petra Brysiewicz
AbstractIntroduction: Mental health workers who listen to stories of fear, pain and distress of traumatised clients may develop deleterious emotional, cognitive and physical consequences (Cairns, 2007). This phenomenon has been called secondary traumatic ... see more
D. S. van der Merwe,C. P.H. Myburgh,M. Poggenpoel
AbstractSouth Africa is a country with exceptionally high levels of frustration and trauma. Research shows that a third of all people in South Africa are exposed to some kind of violence. This causes insecurity and fear, which creates high levels of stres... see more
Dawid de Beer,Charmaine M. Bester
AbstractBackground: Growing pains are a frequent clinical presentation that continues to puzzle practitioners, with very little conclusive evidence in any medical field, including chiropractic.Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether lumb... see more
Talitha Crowley,Ethelwynn L. Stellenberg
AbstractBackground: With the introduction of nurse-initiated and -managed antiretroviral therapy (NIMART), new challenges have emerged with regard to the prescribing and dispensing of ART by nurses. One of the key challenges is ensuring adequate pharmaceu... see more
Sonett van Wyk,Tanya Heyns,Isabel Coetzee
AbstractBackground: Professional nurses enrolled in a post-basic emergency nursing programme presented at a tertiary nursing education institution in South Africa are placed in different clinical learning environments to reach the set clinical outcomes an... see more
M. D.N. Mcur,Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi
AbstractThe aim of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of nurses regarding the implementation of the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD) in a selected nursing college in Limpopo province. A qualitative approach was used with a purpos... see more
Anna E. Van den Heever,M. Poggenpoel,C. P.H. Myburgh
AbstractBackground: Genuineness was highlighted as an important concept when nurses' perceptions of facilitating a therapeutic relationship were assessed in a study conducted in private general hospital wards. Training courses are mainly professionally or... see more